problems with ISO file association

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DianaH

I'm trying to load Vista RC1 onto my system after downloading it and burning
onto a DVD, but for some strange reason, the association for the ISO file
has become Roxio, the program I used to burn the DVD. This is wierd (to
me).

What program do I associate an ISO file with, so that it runs when I insert
it into the DVD ROM. This wasn't a problem before Vista Beta.

Thanks.
 
Hi,

Did you simply copy the .iso to the DVD, or did you use Roxio's 'burn disk
from an image file' function? I suspect you did the former, so the system
just sees the DVD as containing an .iso file. To use an .iso file to create
a disk, you have to use a burning program's ability to create a disk from an
image file.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Also, a program's file extension association is with the application that
can do something with that file type. Roxio can burn an ISO to a CD\DVD and
when installed will grab the ISO file association by default. This is not a
function of Windows Vista or a consequence of trying to install it.
 
DianaH said:
I'm trying to load Vista RC1 onto my system after downloading it and
burning
onto a DVD, but for some strange reason, the association for the ISO file
has become Roxio, the program I used to burn the DVD. This is wierd (to
me).

What program do I associate an ISO file with, so that it runs when I
insert
it into the DVD ROM. This wasn't a problem before Vista Beta.

Thanks.
Click to expand...



You seem to have a misconception as what to do with the file you downloaded.
Did you get it from Microsoft? There is pretty good information on the
Microsoft download page that tells you just how to burn the DVD so that it
works. I suggest you go and read it so you have a better understanding of
the process. Of course if you got it elsewhere this information will not
likely be present. Also, the file itself "may" be suspect.

Basically, an .iso file is somewhat similar to a zip file. The zip file has
to uncompressed before you can do anything with it's contents. The same goes
for an .iso file. You need to perform a "similar" operation on the .iso file
before you burn it to the DVD. That is why when you double click on the file
it wants to take you to Roxio (which is very capable of doing that which is
required).

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Richard said:
You seem to have a misconception as what to do with the file you
downloaded. Did you get it from Microsoft? There is pretty good
information on the Microsoft download page that tells you just how to
burn the DVD so that it works. I suggest you go and read it so you have
a better understanding of the process. Of course if you got it elsewhere
this information will not likely be present. Also, the file itself "may"
be suspect.

Basically, an .iso file is somewhat similar to a zip file. The zip file
has to uncompressed before you can do anything with it's contents. The
same goes for an .iso file. You need to perform a "similar" operation on
the .iso file before you burn it to the DVD. That is why when you double
click on the file it wants to take you to Roxio (which is very capable
of doing that which is required).
Click to expand...

..... to expand on that (which is 100% correct to my understanding too),
iso's also expand on what a .zip file can do, by having the ability to
emulate an exact CD/DVD. that is an iso file can contain a boot
partition so when burnt to a cd, nothing special has to be done to make
it bootable.
depending on the cd in question, you can use a program like LC Iso
creator to image a CD/DVD disc. from there it copies it onto harddisk.
from there you can either re-burn to a backup cd/dvd disc as an
identical replication of the source disc, mount it with virtual CD
software (alcohol 120% or daemon tools), or just keep it on HDD for
storage/backup purposes. nb: alot of cd's/dvd's have copy protection
inplace which LCiso cannot bypass, thus the disc will not be copied. it
can be good for driver CD's or (as it seems) windows cds since they are
used fairly often and can be scratched over time.

basically an iso is a burn'n'use 'file system'
 
Thanks for your posts.
I can't say with conviction if I did it right or not. Here's my steps.

Downloaded the RC1 file (MS's site) using the manager, just under 3 gb
Opened Roxio (Classic recorder) and used both of the following methods onto
different DVD's
1. placed the file in the project area (files to be burned) and burned the
file that way ... it doesn't run ... Roxio wants to open it
2. File, burn from image file ... selected the file I downloaded ... it goes
through the paces, but upon completion, it too wants to open with Roxio.

I read up on how to burn ISO to Disk, in case I was doing it wrong, but I
didn't see anything in the instructions that suggested I was doing it wrong.

The file (after burning to DVD) still has an .iso extension. Perhaps that
means it didn't burn/expand correctly? I'm happy to try again ... just not
sure what to do differently. Perhaps using Roxio Classic isn't the answer or
perhaps it doesn't work in Vista. I've only burned an ISO once before, and
it worked but it was some time ago.

Thanks for explaining that an ISO needs to be expanded (somewhat like a
zip), as I didn't know that.

My initial install of the beta (sp2) was on a DVD, direct from Microsoft and
it installed just fine.

Diana
 
The file (after burning to DVD) still has an .iso extension.
Click to expand...

You've just burnt the iso file to the DVD, at least you've got a couple of
backups now :-)

In Nero there is a function to burn an image - you need to find the same
function in Roxio, then it will do all the work for you.
 
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